The biggest disadvantage of literati is that they are stubborn and self-righteous, and act in a state of mind. When encountering unfair things in the world, their passion is higher than anyone else. However, it is precisely because they are stubborn and do not know how to adapt, they have always failed to succeed and failed.

Those who are good at making power and scheming and scheming will either become slander and powerful minister in the court in the present day, and they will not care about their reputations at all, or they will be vigorous and vigorous. After a lifetime of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, they will leave behind topics of right and wrong for future generations to quarrel after dinner.

Looking from the top to the bottom to the top, in the era when the imperial examinations were prevalent, in the country and stability where literati had the upper hand, most influential literati were disappointed in the present and were proud of the evaluation of later generations.

He was proud of the literary world and frustrated in the court, but even so, he still had most literati. With his passion for worrying about the country and the people and his ideals, he shrunk his head and wanted to stand in the court, hoping to rely on instinctive idealism to make the world the ideal in his mind. But in the end, he would be bleeding from the head in the court, and then he would be depressed and spend his whole life in a daze.

In the worst case, the family was destroyed and the person was ruined, and the reputation was broken. He was nailed to the pillar of shame throughout his life. He could only rely on the objective position of later generations and become a existence that people look up to as if reborn.

Whether in today or in later generations, such things have always happened. No one who lives in the present will cherish and look up to it. Only after death, his life's achievements will be immediately raised to another level, and he will become a saint after his speech.

Just like some later sporting stars, they curse more than praise when they are alive, but once they die or retire, they immediately become artists and masters, and their achievements instantly become insurmountable classics.

In ancient times, more and more people were bragging, just like the current scholars. Under the "right" of the deceased, they stood on the moral high ground, under the banner of sacrificing the dead, and acted for their own selfish interests under the banner of sacrifice to the dead.

The act of worshiping Confucius and repairing Confucius Temples can not only enhance Confucius' prestige in infinitely with the support of the people by many rulers, but also allow the rulers to gain greater benefits through this.

Confucius is like this, Guan Yunchang is like this, and Zhu Xi will be like this in the future. He cannot bring more benefits to the rulers during his lifetime, but after the dynasty changes, he can bring extraordinary group benefits.

Zhu Xi wanted to use the help of repairing the Confucius Temple to turn over, so that Han Tuozhou could resolve the suppression of him from the Lin'an court, and by the way, he could also add to the trouble to Ye Qing to achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone.

"So to put it bluntly, Zhu Xi obviously hasn't given up on the court yet." Ye Qing held the teacup and looked at Xiao Zhen who had been busy all day.

Xiao Zhen curled his lips a little disbelief and said, "Mr. Ye, are you... too careful..."

"Today's starvation is small, and the loss of fame is big, you can see that the eight words "are you not willing to admit it?" Ye Qing put down the teacup and asked strangely: "When I made a grudge with Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi's source of income was entirely funded by Fan Niande. Now, Zhang Shi and his student Lin Zezhi have replaced Fan Niande's role at the time. Logically speaking, he should be more upright and self-reliant..."

Xiao Zhen smiled bitterly. Ye Qing was obviously placing a charge for Zhu Xi. As the saying goes, there is no need to worry about the crime you want to add. Ye Qing is trying every means to lower Zhu Xi's reputation again, so that some of the reputation he had just accumulated in the north would be wiped out in an instant.

"Chinese characters are profound and profound. All the words of saints are indeed as said by Lord Ye. Everyone can understand them differently. Starving to death is small, and losing integrity is big. It can also be said to be chaste words about women, but it can also be regarded as a gentleman who should change his integrity and openness. But when you say that when you say that you do not accept the support of others, you will not receive any money without merit. Lord Ye, if you understand this way, then the words of saints can be pissed out of the coffin and settled the score with you." Xiao Zhen said.

"Ah... Actually, who knows whether it was Confucius, Zhu Xi, or who was from anyone else, who deliberately said these words so ambiguously that later literati who liked to be stubborn could explain his words casually. In short, this did not harm him. No matter from which perspective it was understood, it was a teaching and teaching of people. Therefore, it was just as ambiguity as if it could only be understood, not expressed in words, and unfathomable." Ye Qing shook his head and stopped studying these words of the saints at that time. How to understand them is the most correct one.

In his opinion, whether it is the words of saints or folk sayings, as long as they can use them for themselves and bring benefits to themselves at the right time and at the right opportunity, he is willing to admire these words of saints.

"But is it a bit too shady for you?" Xiao Zhen shook his head, thinking about the fact that at noon tomorrow, a big pot was placed near the Saint Academy, and then the mouth-watering aroma of the food drifted into the academy with the breeze. At that time, Zhu Xi's face might... be very ugly.

What Ye Qing was even more insulting was that the reason why he did this was not to retaliate against Zhu Xi and those scholars, but to help the victims.

I spent the whole day in Qufu today, looking for disaster victims who had just returned to their hometown after the famine after the New Year. Nearly 3,000 people have gathered, each of them is lazy, pale and thin, and will gather in Qufu to beg for the morning of the morning. So Lord Ye will release food for disaster relief tomorrow, and then let the victims receive a food that can support the family before the autumn harvest in a few days.

Now that spring plowing has just been completed, just a few days ago, although Jinan Prefecture has allocated seeds for the victims who have returned to their hometown, they have to carry a belt and eat a portion of food in two days before the autumn harvest. So I walked around today, so naturally, so that the victims who have just been resettled are flocking to me, and I am eager to go to Qufu County to solve the food and clothing problem in the past few days.

After Zhu Xichen finished reading, Lin Zezhi ran in panic and said in panic: "Sir, Ye Qing has made a decent trick again. He has set up hundreds of big pots not far from the academy. He is now cooking rice and meat. He... He is just to divide and disintegrate us again. No wonder he refused to meet you yesterday."

Zhu Xi frowned and cursed in his heart. However, before he could speak, Zhang Shi hurriedly ran in. However, compared to the panic on Lin Zezhi's face, Zhang Shi's face was a bit happy: "Mr. Zhu, good news. The Saint Temple, which had been banned for a day, was evacuated today. It is said that because thousands of victims rushed into Qufu, the soldiers were withdrawn to maintain order. Now we can gather in front of the Saint Temple again."

"Shameless, Ye Qing is really a villain!" Zhu Xi's fist slammed hard on the table.

Zhang Shi was stunned. Before he could ask, he heard Lin Zezhi beside him ask: "Mr. Zhang, before you just returned to the academy, have you not seen the hundreds of big pots set up by the Qufu County Government?"

"I saw it. It is said that the government set up the disaster victims to help the victims. Isn't this a good thing? The government provides relief to the victims and we sacrifice and repair the Saint Temple. Wouldn't we not interfere with each other?" Zhang Shi had not reacted for a while. So far, neither Ye Qing nor Jinan Prefecture had agreed to them to repair the Confucius Temple privately.

"This is the cruelty of Ye Qing." Zhu Xi walked out from behind the desk, and his face looked even more ugly than when Ye Qing refused to discuss it yesterday. He said solemnly: "At this time, the relief of the victims was also set up here. In name, the academy was spacious and convenient for the government to place porridge. In fact, it created a greater grudge between the differentiated family poverty and scholars with wealthy families. Yesterday, I deliberately misinterpreted my husband's remarks, and the academy was already full of controversy. Today, I would like to provide relief to the victims, which would allow some

People are drooling, and they can also let the scholars here see Ye Qing's love for the people and thus gain a good reputation. More importantly, Ye Qing's move is like killing people to kill the hearts. We gather here to spend a lot of money to repair the Confucius Temple, while Ye Qing uses a lot of money to help the victims. In this way, our actions of caring for the world and the people will be even more untenable. In this way, we will only lose face and be despised by the victims and the people of the world. It is such a sinister plan."

"Then...what should we do now?" Zhang Shi's face turned pale. He really didn't expect that there were so many tricks in a seemingly accidental relief to the victims.

"Sir, why don't we take a step back for a while and avoid his sharp edge? I want to see Ye Qing, who said he had no money to repair the Confucius Temple and how long could he last for this kind of relief to the victims. It would also allow more people in the world to see..." Lin Zezhi was so angry that Ye Qing's thoughts were simply too vicious.

"No, this is simply nonsense. Ye Qing helped the victims, even if he handled it, what's wrong with the relief of the victims? On the contrary, if we ignore the victims and continue to request the repair of the Confucius Temple, we will only be despised and scolded, and we will definitely not be able to do so." Zhu Xi glared at Lin Zezhi and said.

"Then let's take a step back and not care about him. Let these literati disperse first. After this gust of wind, how can we make a comeback? Moreover, the scholars and literati in the academy are no longer the same as one's heart and virtue because Ye Qing's despicable actions yesterday, so we take the opportunity to retreat and then slowly seek it, which can be considered as being able to retreat unstoppable." Zhang Shi said in a very agree with Lin Zezhi's opinion of avoiding his sharp edge.

"It's too late." Zhu Xi raised his head and sighed melancholy: "Ye Qing has always been decisive and ruthless. Now we withdraw now, we will only leave more handles for Ye Qing. For example... After seeing many victims, we ran away. With one move to repair the Confucius Temple, he would be woven to seek fame and reputation, and would even cause people all over the world to curse us and ignore the food and clothing of the people. If we continue to repair the Confucius Temple, we would also be woven to ignore the lives and deaths of the victims in the world. We would rather repair the Confucius Temple than to help the victims. In short….”

"It's not right to advance, nor to retreat, so what should we do? Ye Qing is so hateful!" Lin Zezhi said angrily. No matter what, Ye Qing's move did easily push them to a dilemma. He couldn't get up and down, and the situation was really embarrassing.

"Now, there are two factions in the academy. In addition, from yesterday to today, some people have not eaten a day and a night. Ye Qing has taken the place to provide relief to the victims as close as possible. Mr. Zhu, we cannot sit and wait for death." Zhang Shi moved his nose with the faint fragrance in the study and instantly realized that the aroma of food for disaster relief outside had already spread to the academy.
Chapter completed!